Psychological

Enigme

2011-09-11

Haiba Sumio is a student at a Tokyo High School with an interesting ability... He occasionally falls asleep and wakes up with premonitions of the future written out on his "Dream Diary". With this ability, Sumio helps out people in trouble before anything bad happens, until one day when his peaceful life completely changes.Â

Funouhan

2014-09-28

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. At a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go to and request him to kill someone. His assassinations can never be blamed on him because he takes no illegal action. His strength is in the power of suggestion and the arrangement of events. He accepts these requests, all the while privately mocking the foolishness of those whose unwise wishes he grants.

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai - Matsuribayashi-hen

2015-05-06

From Yen Press:Keiichi Maebara has just moved to a seemingly peaceful new town. He’s making friends and generally enjoying his life until one day he learns of a grisly murder that took place in the little village. His friends won’t give him any details which only adds to Keiichi’s uneasiness. After learning at the town’s annual festival that a death has occurred on that night every year for the past four years, Keiichi is drawn into a web of intrigue to help unravel the mystery of these murders. Things only get more dangerous when he learns that some of his new friends may be involved!The story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is divided into a total of eight chapters: four "Question" arcs and four "Answer" arcs. Each chapter keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each chapter gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries.The question arcs are:1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onikakushihen2. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Watanagashihen3. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Tatarigoroshihen4. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - HimatsubushihenThe answer arcs are:5. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Meakashihen6. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Tsumihoroboshihen7. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Minagoroshihen8. Higurashi no Naku Koroni Kai- Matsuribayashi-henThe side story arcs are:- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onisarashihen- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Yoigoshihen- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Utsutsukowashi-hen- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kokoro Iyashihen

MPD Psycho

2011-01-27

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Plot: Police detective Kobayashi Yousuke's life is changed forever after a serial killer notices something "special" about him. That same killer mutilates Kobayashi's wife and kick-starts a "multiple personality battle" within Kobayashi that pushes him into a complex tempest of interconnected deviants and evil forces.

Aku no Kyouten

2015-03-11

Hasumi Seiji, who teaches English at a high school, is affectionately known as "Hasumin" by his students. He's popular, good-looking, kind to everyone, and efficient at teaching and solving problems. But no one knows that he's actually a manipulative serial murderer. He treats the school as a kingdom he rules. He manipulates others into trusting him and obeying him. But when there are people (students, teachers and parents alike) who cannot be reformed, he kills them off without mercy. Eventually, his targets include all the students in his class...

Shion no Ou

2011-01-14

Yasuoka Shion lost her parents, and her voice, when she was young...in a murder.She was found amidst a blood-soaked room, and the only hint for the suspect was a Shougi board and one piece: the King. Now, Shion steps into the world of female professional Shougi players. As her popularity and fame slowly rises, so do the questions about her past, particularly the murder case that was never solved.

Crazy Love Story

2011-01-14

From Tokyopop:Jin Sung Moo does his best to hide his inner feelings; Shin Hae Jung dances to the beat of her own drum; and Jimmy is an out-of-this-world guy with a revved-up motorcycle and style that is second to none. Some say it's an extreme kind of

Priest

2011-01-14

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From Tokyopop:In the frontier of the American West, a veil of evil threatens to engulf humanity. Servants of the fallen archangel Temozarela are paving the way for their dark lord's resurrection. One man stands in the way of the apocalypse: Ivan Isaacs, a fallen priest who sold his soul to the devil Belial for the power to fight evil. Armed with a wicked blade and silver bullets, Ivan will give the heretics a baptism of blood in his pilgrimage for humanity's redemption.

Metronome

2011-07-21

A bloodstained man stands in front of a terrified girl. He proclaims his love for her and makes this ominous declaration: A year from now, she will either die alone or will be with him forever. Now, rumors abound about the cursed girl that causes any boy who proclaims his love for her to die. Join us to discover the mysteries of Metronome.

Rengoku No Karma

2015-03-06

Doreiku - Boku to 23-nin no Dorei

2013-08-11

What if you could enslave anyone you ever wanted? Well, this comes close. The SCM lets you enslave anyone who is also wearing an SCM, at a price. One must win over the other, at anything, in order for the other to become their slave.

Hero - Gyakkyou No Touhai

2012-06-23

Set in 2002, 3 years after the death of Akagi Shigeru.

Mayonaka no X Giten

2014-08-26

Hiroki has a NEET Shut-in for an older sister, which leads him to always think "It's better to be a girl!"While taking care of his lazy self-centered sister Yui, he has finally had enough of her behaviour, and snaps at her. Griping about his sister, Hiroki mutters "I wish we weren't related", and accesses a mysterious website address.The website claims to allow you to enter the body of another person, as long as you are willing to make your own body available as well. Skeptical, Hiroki tries the service and winds up in the body of popular idol Mikuriya Mikuni.While spending time as Mikuni, Hiroki is involved in finding out a secret about her he'd rather not. At the same time, when seeking to go back to his own body, the person occupying it tells him something outrageous has just happened!What happened to Hiroki's body during the incident? And what is the idol Mikuni's big secret? Be witness to the suspense as these mysteries pile up!

Utopia (NEUK Dae Sam)

2012-01-07

The story of two extra-ordinary people in ordinary love.

Diamond Dust

2012-07-14

This is the story of a girl who was "forced" to become a piano prodigy from the moment she was born. Her family has had distinguished musicians in their past. She is constantly forced by her father to practice (up to 12 hours a day, 10 if he's being nice), wear gloves whenever she's not playing, no friends, makeup, etc.Original webcomic: http://cartoon.media.daum.net/webtoon/view/diamonddust

Savanna Game: The Comic

2015-01-22

The story follows a young man named Kazuya Shibuya who receives an anonymous email message out of the blue one day: "Won't you join the Savanna Game?" The message is an invitation to a state-sanctioned killing game — a deadly role-playing game designed to motivate the inhibited youth of modern Japan. Shibuya and his two friends Kotegawa and Kudou find themselves in bizarre battles that span the space-time continuum, with everything from dragons to the Shinsengumi force of the shogunate era.

The Red Book

2015-05-11

The more you think about it, the scarier it gets. This is about things that are everywhere and nowhere.Original Naver Webtoon / Official English Translation

Shinjuku Dxd

2014-02-27

Kabukicho, Shinjuku – the district that burns with desire is struck by an incurable disease.In this district, a doctor, Inui Date, runs a small medical clinic.Night after night, patients with extraordinary cases come to the clinic, when one day, a troublesome patient, detective Maria Daigo, appears.Set in a Shinjuku that has been plagued by an incurable disease, the doctor and the detective become entangled in one mysterious case after another as they face the darkness in this psychological thriller.Will the two be able to save this town?

Stalker

2011-01-14

Plot: A strange man stalks a common house hold wife. He one day witnesses the wife's child getting kidnapped .

Ryuu No Michi

2012-09-27

Eight

2012-01-05

Plot: Tokyo in the 90s, the city center has been suffering from a continuing depopulation. Also affected is the Udagawa Junior High School where only six people are left, as their class leader, protector and very good friend Masato just died in an illegal skateboarding race. Five months later Eito Hachiya, nickname: Eight or "8" enrolls in school and wants to find out what happened. He even just looks like Masato! But mysteries surround him: Why does he know all the other six? Why can't they remember him?Was canceled after ~25% of volume 4, the epilogue consists of an alternative ending for Eight.

Watashi wa Shingo

2011-12-21

Two elementary school pupils, a girl named Marine and a boy named Satoru, fall in love and are blessed with a rather unorthodox child which happens to be a robot. This robot is called Shingo and the story recounts how its mind develops and how it travels the world in pursuit of its ‘parents’ whom it has never had a chance to meet.

Kono Shima ni wa Midara de Jaaku na Mono ga Sumu

2014-08-12

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Taro Kajiura and his friends from the same folkloristic research group at Tonan University went on a trip to Ikishima island in order to pursue the origins of the myth about princess Kwannon. At the same time the villagers of Ikishima were holding the annual festival in which outsiders were forbidden to participate in since 400 years. The consequences for breaking that rule were more severe that anyone had imagined...

Tourou No Ori (Yaoi)

2015-05-27

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. It takes place during the Showa Era in Japan. The story revolves around a young man who has lost both his mother and father. Now, the only person he has that he can rely on is his butler who has been working for the family. However, his father had a secret he was hiding. This secret reveals itself after his demise.-from cocobees

Dorohedoro

2011-01-14

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. In a city so dismal it’s known only as “the Hole,” a clan of sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious “experiments” in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Kaiman, a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia. To undo the spell, they’re hunting and killing the sorcerers of the Hole, hoping that eventually they’ll kill the right one. But when En, the head sorcerer, gets word of a lizard–man slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of “cleaners” into the Hole, igniting a war between two worlds.

Zankoku Na Kami Ga Shihai Suru

2011-01-14

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Zankoku na Kami ga Shihaisuru portrays the tale of two step-brothers - Jeremy and Ian, as they strive to discover their separate paths towards redemption.Jeremy, a sensitive but outgoing 17 year old, is delighted to hear the news of his neurotic and excitable mother's remarriage to a wealthy British man. However, much to his horror, his sweet-talking new step-father Greg, soon begins to exhibit a disturbing trait...he is a sadistic pedophile and loses no time in making Jeremy his target. Months of horrific, systematic abuse drives Jeremy to desperation; and he sabotages his step-father's car with the hope of eliminating him. The resulting accident, however, kills his mother along with Greg.Jeremy's shocked and guilt-stricken behaviour arouses the suspicions of Greg's free-spirited son, Ian. He unearths enough evidence to tie his step-brother to the crime; but in doing so, also discovers the details of Greg's sexual abuse of Jeremy.Caught in a moral dilemma -- between punishing the criminal and atoning for his father's sins, Ian soon finds himself haunted by lust for Jeremy. Is it lust...or love? He wonders whether he shares his father's proclivities, but finds himself helpless to resist being drawn into a passionate and painful relationship with his step-brother.

Demian Syndrome (Yaoi)

2011-02-11

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From Storm in Heaven:Azuma and Takayama used to be really close friends as children, until one day Takayama disappears to the USA without telling Azuma. Unable to forget about Azuma, Takayama returns years later and enrolls in Azuma's school. He finds his old friend cold and unwilling to restart any kind of relationship... but why? Takayama is a light hearted, happy guy who gets along with everyone around, even though Azuma's odd behavior hurts him. Azuma is cool and distant, and seems not to care about anything around him...

Shiki

2011-01-14

Shiki (Corpse Demon)This series is about a village with a population of about 1300 people, and during one fiercely hot summer, many mysterious incidents happened one after another...Shiki is based on a best-selling horror novel by Ono Fuyumi. Fans may know of her other novels such as Twelve Kingdoms (which has been animated) and Ghost Hunt (adapted as both a shoujo manga and anime). Fujisaki Ryuu is a long-time JUMP mangaka of series such as Houshin Engi (recently released by Viz), and Waqwaq, both of which ran in WJ.

Inukai x Tribe

2015-08-20

The "Kuzoku": beings that descend from the spirits of legend and lurk in the darkness of this world.The "Inukai Unit": A state-certified unit that uses the very same power as the Kuzoku to investigate the supernatural cases that they cause.The dark horror action that illustrates the individual lives of the Inukai Tribe, begins now.Official Site: http://www.ganganonline.com/comic/inukai/

Kodomo No Omocha

2011-01-14

Sana Kurata, a child actress, faces many problems in her classroom, including a major one - her bullying classmate, Akito Hayama. Sana's outgoing and friendly nature leads her to work towards correcting all of the problems around her. Her 'meddling' irritates Hayama but at the same time captivates him, just as Hayama's gloomy nature irritates Sana and compels her to change him. As these two opposites attract each other, they face many hardships which bring them closer to a mutual understanding. A story of growing up, letting go, falling in love, and falling out. It cronicles the relationship of Sana and Hayama througout elementary to highschool.

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2011-01-14

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Eto Kai may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. With his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop the distribution of Dragon Speed, a dangerous new drug. But Ryugen, the syndicate trafficking the drug, is almost impossible to infiltrate. Add street violence and a jurisdiction war with the Meguro Police, and poor Kai is in for some very long days at the office.Note-This manga does not contain any noticeable shounen-ai content.

Mo Hitori No Marionette

2011-06-07

This story revolves around a young ballerina named Nanami. A talented director, Jin, becomes involved in Nanami's life when her father collapses in his arms, begging him to deliver a bouquet to his daughter after her first major performance. Her father dies, but Jin has seen enough of Nanami to be convinced of her talent. He offers to pay for ballet school if she agrees to act in his troop. Their potential relationship is complicated by Jin's split personality, for his cruel half overpowers his kind side, making their lives wonderfully angst filled and difficult.

Oukoku Game

2013-06-03

At the end of Meiji Restoration, a girl saint was crucified and burnt alive under persecution. A century later, Katori and six childhood friends are summoned to her world beyond the nirvana, where they receive the Great Commission: Build a kingdom, and make disciples of all nations.At every midnight, each of them are randomly given a role out of King/Queen, Noble, and Peasants. As the lowly must obey a higher-up in the hierarchy, can they fight and defeat other nations to conquer the world--before infighting brought up by their own hidden desires breaks them apart?

Gapz Garden Manhua

2011-01-14

Julie’s family is very poor and since she’s plain and ugly, as her sister has told her time and time again, she does most of the chores in her house. By accident she meets the Yee family while trying to get her plane back from a tree in their yard. She meets the family again a year later and is adopted into their family. Soon she becomes a pawn between Mr. Yee’s new wife and his oldest son Ryan. Both of which will use Julie as a means to hurt one another. Can Julie survive her new life till she’s of legal age to leave?From Manga Jouhou:This young girl is often mistreated by her family, being called ugly and useless. One day, she meets the new wife of the Yee family, which changes her life forever. The woman adopts her into her wealthy family, and now she lives with 3 other boys around her age. But for what purpose? Even though this is a miracle, the girl plans to leave the luxurious lifestyle once she turns 18. So see how she survives more than 10 years of her life.

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai - Meakashihen

2021-04-19

Summer 1983...Hinamizawa is a tranquil village, but its inhabitants have been plagued by strange deaths and unexplained disappearances seemingly every year. Some say its the terrifying curse of Hinamizawas legendary deity, Oyashiro-sama, causing victims to be spirited away by monsters, but is this town harboring dark, horrying secrets even more sinister than any supersition or myth?Solution to Watanagashi-hen. Meakashi-hen consists of the events of Watanagashi-hen told from the perspective of Shion Sonozaki, with only a few minor variations. In this chapter, the audience sees the true reason for the criminals murderous actions in Watanagashi-hen — a lost love. The first hints of that which ties together the arcs are given.

Golden Boy

2011-01-27

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Plot: Oe Kintarou is a Tokyo University Law School dropout. However, he had completed all the course work needed to graduate before leaving school. Since then, he has wandered through many jobs all over Japan as a student of life with little more than a journal, a pen, and his trusty mountain bike (the Mikazuki 5). On his journeys, he runs into various compromising situations with beautiful women, and he must use his unique talents as a jack-of-all-trades to survive, let alone have a chance to find his true calling in life. But he is far more skilled than he appears, and he is determined to succeed no matter what he does. He could be the man who will save Japan--no, the world... or maybe not. Packed with hilarious hi-jinks, lots of ecchi, ramen noodles, gracious kindness, and even some toilet hugging, Golden Boy is full of non-stop fun.

Aldnoah.Zero Anthology Comic

2016-01-29

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Various spin-off from the anime "Aldnoah.Zero"

He's Dedicated To Roses

2011-01-14

"If you were a girl, we would never have met.""Well- to...to be honest with you- I AM a girl-"Plain as a girl, but HOT as a guy.Choi Ida wants no more then to relieve her stress and anger when she is off work as her alternate male identity Choi Yoda

No. 6

2011-03-18

The story is set in "No. 6," a future model city in 2013. Raised as a top-ranking elite since the age of 2, a boy named Shion lives in an exclusive area in No. 6. On the night of his 12th birthday, he rescues a boy who calls himself "Nezumi" ("Rat"). Nezumi ran away from the city's Special Security Area. From that moment on, Shion's life is changed forever...

Afterschool War Activities

2013-04-30

Strange things are appearing from the sky, and the world is slowly dying. In Korea, there aren't enough military men to fight these enemies off, and high-school and college students have no choice but to join the military and help the others survive - at the risk of their own lives.

About Death Manhwa

2013-07-14

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Umineko No Naku Koro Ni Chiru Episode 7: Requiem Of The Golden Witch

2011-05-16

On October 1986, the members of the wealthy Ushiromiya family and a number of their servants mysteriously died. When rumours began to circulate regarding who was responsible, it was said that the Golden Witch Beatrice magically caused the tragic events to occur.To reveal the truth behind what happened, the Witch of Miracles Bernkastel presents an alternate reality where Battler Ushiromiya does not come to Rokkenjima and the Golden Witch does not exist. Instead, the mystery child who was abandoned nineteen years ago has been designated the uncontested heir to the family as Lion Ushiromiya, whose existence holds the source of everything presented thus far.To solve the mystery, Bernkastel brings Willard H. Wright, the reluctant former Head Inquisitor of the SSVD redemption agency, to the island as a detective to solve the mystery of Beatrice, including the origin of the legend of the Golden Witch and her true identity.

Marmalade Boy

2011-01-14

All Miki Koishikawa wanted was an ordinary family and that's exactly what she had until her parents decided to move in with another couple and turned Miki's world upside down. Now she lives in a house with four parents and her totally cute stepbrother Yuu

Blame!

2011-01-14

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head. Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks.Chapters 1-19: Read from left to rightChapters 20-66: Read from right to left

Please Save My Earth

2011-01-14

Are the woes of the present meant to be endured for the promise of a better future or to atone for past wrongs? In a captivating epic of love, fate, and faith, seven young people must struggle with this spiritual puzzle as their alien past lives threaten the future.

ARISA

2011-01-14

For years the rash tomboyish Tsubasa had communicated with her twin through letters. She had formed the idea that the gentle Arisa led a joyful school life. But upon Arisa's sudden suicide attempt, Tsubasa vows to find the reason behind her twin's actions by taking her place at school. But will this supposed joyful life be too much for Tsubasa to handle? What does it have to do with the people disappearing from Arisa's school...

Seeking for Death

2015-04-26

Kominato Riku is a high school student who aims to be a game designer. The girl next door is his childhood friend Haju, is in love with him, but he has fallen head over heals for the school idol Riko. And lastly, there is the transfer student, Nodoka. With that all said you’d think this is the start of some love-comedy harem, but a rumor spreads that Nodoka receives a message that says, “you will die soon”. Riku and the gang’s fate will change in a major way. Who will live, and who will love?

Shikeisyu 042

2011-01-14

Tajima Ryohei, aka Shikeisyu 042 is sentenced to death for murdering 7 men. However government is planning on abolishing death sentence for good. In order to accomplish this Ryohei must prove that ex criminals like him can live within the society. During

Shaman Manhwa

2011-08-10

Deadly chemicals, lab rats, mutations to the genes and a mysterious case of death. Shamans--the people who can see and treat the dead. One of them often spies a girl--the girl his step-brother choked to death.

Pupa

2013-04-12

Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa have been living all on their own. One day, Yume sees red butterflies and something strange happens to her body!! As the siblings are toyed with by â??Pupa,â? so begins their tale of heroic love...

Umineko No Naku Koro Ni Episode 4: Alliance Of The Golden Witch

2011-01-14

In 1998, Battler Ushiromiya's younger sister Ange has lived a miserable life being raised by her Aunt Eva, the only survivor of the murders on Rokkenjima. Bullied and unhappy, Ange finds solace in the diary of her cousin Maria and the world of magic until she rejects its existence. However, with Eva's death and the inheritance of Beatrice's titles, Ange receives an offer from the witch Bernkastel on how to bring back her lost family.Meanwhile, in 1986, Battler Ushiromiya and the Golden Witch Beatrice continue their game, with Battler aided by Ange, hailing from twelve years in the future, in hopes of saving their family at last.

After School Nightmare

2011-01-14

"Sensei, is this a boy or a girl?""Do you want to know?"Ichijo Mashiro and fellow classmates are enlisted in a mysterious weekly class that takes the form of a shared nightmare. Like most teenagers, Mashiro has a secret.. he's neither fully male nor female!So far, Mashiro's been able to live life as a boy, but all this changes when he's informed of a new class he 'must' partake in order to graduate from his elite preparatory school. To pass, he must find the key and the one way to find it is to enter into a nightmare world, where his body and soul are put at the mercy of the worst kind of enemies -- other school students, who are battling to find the key.From renowned author Mizushiro Setona, comes a riveting epic mystery that lies between the students, that will have you engrossed from one page to the next. Happiness, sadness, blood and tears will all be shown, but which one leads to an ending? Take the next step into the world of After School Nightmare!From Go! Comi:Like most teenagers, Mashiro Ichijo has a secret. But Mashiro’s secret is that he’s neither fully male nor female! So far, Mashiro’s been able to live his life as a boy, but all this changes when he’s informed of a new class he must take in order to graduate from his elite prep school. To pass, he must find the “Key”…and the only way to find it is to enter into a nightmare world where his body and soul are put at the mercy of the worst kind of enemies: his classmates!

Iris Zero

2011-01-14

In a world where every boy and girl has a special power called Iris, Toru who, as a result of not having any kind of special power, was bullied from a young age, lives by his motto: “low exposure” – to live without standing out. But his peaceful school life changes when he receives a certain "Confession" from the schools most popular girl, Koyuki. His motto begins to shake!!The school fantasy story that shakes the heart begins with their meeting.

Inugami

2011-01-14

Fumiki Shimazaki has only one dream: to become a poet. Spending more time in his poems than in the preparation of it his studies, he faces dissaproval from his professors and his best friend Mika... To escape from the harsh reality, he seeks refuge in an abandoned factory.There, he stumbles upon a mysterious dog, who saves his life from an attacking monsterous feline. Their friendship is immediately created thereafter.Questions arise then. From which does this gifted dog come from capacities paranormaux and overflowing of thirst for knowledge? How can it speak? What does the number 23 on its ear stand for? The Appearance and arrival of this dog causes an increaingly number of extraordinary events all revolving around the number 23...